Ithaca Accolades - Recent “Top 10” Listings

• Ithaca ranked third among "America's Smartest Cities," by Forbes Magazine, Feb. 2008.
• Ithaca schools ranked 2nd nationwide among metro areas under 500,000 by Expansion Management Magazine, Dec. 2007.
• Ithaca ranked third in Farmers Insurance study, “Most Secure Places to Live — Small Towns," Dec. 2007.
• Ithaca ranked third in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2007,” April 2007. Relocate-America.com
• Ithaca ranked second in “Best Green Places to Live,” by Country Home magazine, April 2007.
• Ithaca listed as one of the "10 Best Places to Live” for gays and lesbians by The Advocate, March 27, 2007. The Advocate is the nation’s leading LGBT publication.
• Ithaca ranked first in “12 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of,” Mother Earth News magazine, July/Aug. 2006. 
• Ithaca ranked among the “12 Hippest Hometowns for Vegetarians,” VegNews magazine, July/Aug. 2006. 
• Ranked eighth in "50 Smart Places to Live", Kiplingers Personal Finance, June 2006, by Sean O'Neill. 
• Ithaca ranked 17 nationwide among the “Best Places for Business and Careers,” Forbes magazine, April 2006. 
• Ithaca ranked fourth in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2006,” April, 2006. Relocate-America.com 
• Number-One City for Knowledge Workers, “College Towns Are at the Heart of the Knowledge Sector Economy”, Expansion Management magazine, March/April 2006, by Bill King and Michael Keating. 
• "12 Great Places to Retire", Kiplingers Personal Finance, March 2005, by Pat Mertz Esswein, Mary Beth Franklin and Magali Rheault. 
• "Number-One Emerging City," in the book “Cities Ranked and Rated” by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, 2004. 
• The Ithaca Farmers Market was voted one of the "60 best American Public Places," by UTNE Reader, January 2002.
• "An artist-friendly alternative to New York and Los Angeles," By Susan M. Brackney in her book, “The No-so-Lost Soul Companion,”. Oct. 2002. 
• “Best healthy city in the Northeast,” Organic Style Magazine, September / October 2003. 
• Ithaca Ranks 14 in Outside Magazine’s “40 Best College Towns Outside “U”, September 2003 
• "Best Lesbian Places to Live-The Ten Lesbian Friendliest Cities in the USA," Girlfriends Magazine, November 2002. 
• "America's Five Best Mountain Biking Towns", Bike Magazine, June 2002. 
• "Best Places to Vacation," Money Magazine, April 2002. 
• "100 Great Escapes: Top-10 Trips," Travel & Leisure Magazine, March/April 2002. 
• "American Values—Where to Buy a Retirement Home," Smart Money Magazine, February 2002. 
• "60 Best American Public Places," Utne Reader, January 2002. 
• "Best Fly Fishing Through North America," Fish and Fly Magazine, winter 2001. 
• "25 Terrific Places to Bring up a Family," Mothering Magazine, July/ August 2001. 
• “America’s Most Enlightened City,” Utne Reader, May 1997.